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BLANK FOR KNITTED GARMENTS.

(Application filed Jam 8, 1898.)

Patented Aug. 23, I898.

(No Model.)

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a. N'IED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID MCGENNISS, OF EASTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OREN G. BURT, OF SAME PLACE.

BLANK FOR KNITTED GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,694, dated August 23, 1898.

Application filed January 8, l 898.

i To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID MoGENNIss, a w citizen of the United States, residing at Easthampton, in the county of Hampshire and 5 State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blanks for Knitted Garments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to the manufacture of knitted clothing, and more particul a r1y to sleeves and legs of knitted garments I 5 in which the body of the sleeve or leg portion is knit with one character of stitch and the wristband or anklet, formed integrally with the body part, is formed with a stitch of a different character.

As the sleeves and legs of knitted garments have been heretofore commonly produced a tubular knitted blank has been formed hav ing alternate sections throughout the tube of stitches of different character, a comparatively long section for the body portion of the sleeve being formed with one kind of stitch, usually a tuck-rib stitch, and shorter sections being formed integrally with the longer sections for the wristbands and anklets of a diiferent stitch, usually termed plain-rib stitch. The tubular blanks are usually produced of indefinite length, and in the formation of sleeves for undershirts or like garments a section is cut from the tubular blank consisting of a short section of plain stitch and a long section of tuck stitch. This blank of two sections is now out to form two sleeves, the body portion of said sleeves being formed of the tuck-stitch fabric and the cuffs or wristbands of the plain-stitch fabric. In cutting the two sleeves the tubular blank is cut on'two' lines which commence at the section of plain stitch and extend toward each other for a distance of twelve or fifteen inches, where the cuts meet and are then continued in a single out to the end of the tuck=stitch section. This results in the formation of two sleeve-sections, each being properly formed Serial No. 666,101. (No model.)

and tapering toward the cuffs or wristbands; but this manner of producing the sleeves is attended with great waste and loss, inasmuch as the wedgeshaped pieces of the tubular blank which compose the portions of the blank lying between the lower portions of the sleeve-blanks are practically worthless and are usually thrown away. p,

In the formation of drawers legs of knitted fabric by methods heretofore practiced a tubular knitted blank substantially like the blank heretofore described is employed, with the exception that the blank has two sections of plain-stitch fabric, one section at each end of a long section of tuck-stitch fabric. This blank is cut into two drawers-legs, and as each leg-section must have an anklet the blank is so cut that the two drawers-legs extend in opposite directions, an anklet being cut from each of the short sections of plain-stitch fab ric at each end of the tuck-stitch section from which the body portion of the leg portions is formed. The legs of the drawers are usually cut in proper shape and upon curved lines approximating the curved lines of the thighs and calves of the human leg, and such curves are so opposed to each other in cutting the blanks for the drawers-legs that much fabric is wasted in the cutting of the two blanks between such ourved lines, besides the com= paratively large portions of the plain-stitch sections which remain after cutting the ank lets therefrom. This waste material amounts to considerable when it is considered that knitted garments are made in large quantities and adds greatly to the cost of production. In order to reduce the waste in cutting the legs of drawers from a blank like that last described, it has been proposed, as disclosed in Letters Patent of the United States, No. 410,600, of September 10, 1889, to utilize the short sections of plain-stitch fabric for forming both the anklets or ends of the legs and also the waistbands of the garment; but garments with such waistbands are of an unusual character and have not come into general use.

wearing-apparel of the usual and ordinary character, in which the body portion of the sleeves and legs is all of one character of stitch and the wristbands or ends and the anklets are of a difierent character of stitch, and to provide knitted blanks which can be cut up into sleeve-blanks and blanks for drawers-legs having integral wristband and anklet sections without the formation of waste pieces.

To the above end the present invention consists of the blank adapted to be used in forming sleeve and leg blanks which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a blank for sleeves and the method of cutting sleeves therefrom, and Fig. 2 illustrates a blank for drawers-legs and the method of cutting the same.

In the drawings, A illustrates the blank for sleeves, and said blank is knitted in tubular form, said blank comprising a main or body section a of one character of stitch, such as the usual tuck stitch, and short blocklike sections a of a different character of stitch, such as the usual plain stitch, the section a being sufficient in size to form the main or body portions of two sleeve-blanks and the blocks or sections a forming the cuffs or wristbands of such sleeve-blanks. The sections a are so disposed with relation'to the section a that when the tubular blank shall be flattened, as shown in Fig. 1, upon lines which correspond to the medial longitudinal lines of the blocksor sections a said sections a. will be located at diagonally opposite corners of the flattened tubular blank A, as clearly shown. In the formation of sleeve-blanks the flattened tubular blank A is cut into two parts orsleeve-blanks upon a line a such line extending inward from each end substantially parallel to the edge of the blank and dividing the same along the inner edge of the plain-stitch sections a and thence diagonally across the tuck-stitch section 0., thus forming two sleeve-blanks without waste of any kind.

The blank for forming the drawers-leg blanks is shown in Fig. 2 and consists of a tubular knitted blank A, which comprises a main or body section a of one character of stitch, such as the usual tuck stitch, designed to form the main or body portions of the drawers-legs, and blocks or sections a of a different character of stitch, such as the usual plain stitch, designed to form the anklets of the drawers-legs, said blocks or sections a being entirely surrounded by the main or body section a The blocks or sections a are so disposed along the tubular blank A that when said blank is flattened, as shown in Fig. 2, upon lines which will extend along the longitudinal medial lines of the blocks or sections a the blocks or sections a will be disposed upon opposite sides of the flattened blank and'diagonally disposed with relation to each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, said blocks or sections a being quite a distance removed from the ends of the blank A.

g In cutting the blank A to form the drawers leg blanks, said blank is separated upon the line a said line of cut extending inward from each side at substantially right angles to the edges of the blank for a distance equaling the width of the blocks or sections a, and thence substantially parallel to the edges of the blank along the inner boundary of the blocks or sections of for a distance equaling the length of such sections, and thence substantially diagonally across the blank, severing the main or body portion a as clearly! shown. This produces two drawers-leg blanks which may be further cut away upon the dotted lines a in order to give the blanks the approximate shape required in the garment, which results in the formation of the small waste pieces a". 1

By my improved blank sleeves and legs for drawers of knitted fabric having a end or anklet of a different stitch than the body of the garment can be cut practically without waste and by less cutting than by the methods heretofore in use.

In the drawings I have illustrated blanks A and A of just sufficient length to produce a pair of sleeve-blanksor a pair of drawersleg blanks; but it is obvious that a series of blanks A or A may be produced in a given length of the tubular knitted fabric and the blanks A and A cut therefrom, as required.

In the foregoing specification I have referred to the main or body section as being formed with a tuck stitch and the anklet and wristband sections as being formed with a plain stitch; but I do not wish to be limited to such a construction, as it is obvious that the stitches may be any of the usual and ordinary stitches used in producing knitted fabrics. In fact the same kind of stitch may be used in producing both the body and anklet and wristband sections, providing the stitches of the anklet and wristband sections be formed tighter than the stitches of the body portion, in order to make the wristband or anklet of the sleeve or drawers-leg tighter than the remaining portion of the member.

While I have described a novel method of making sleeves and legs of knitted garments, I do not claim the same herein, as it constitutes the subject-matter of a divisional application filed by me on the 20th day of July, 1898, Serial No. 686,427.

Having fully described my invention, I

. claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. A blank for sleeves or legs of knitted garments, consisting of a tube of tuck rib fab- ICC ric having at intervals in its length, blocks way around, alternately disposed on opposite or sections of plain-rib fabric, extending part sides of the tube, substantially as described. 10 Way around the tube, substantially as de- In testimony whereof I affix my signature scribed. in presence of two witnesses.

5 2. Ablank for sleeves or legs of knitted DAVID MCGENNISS.

garments consisting of a tube of tuck-rib fab- Witnesses: ric having at intervals in its length, blocks 0. KITOHING,

or sections of plain-rib fabric extending part A. ORNE. 

